Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-02


firm and more active, but not quotably higher
The demand for Wheat continues steady and con.
slant; millers pay about lie per bushe advance
for strictly choice samples but there is very little
change in common and fair grades the range Of
prices is still long, on account of tho variety IN
qualty,-running from 70 to sc. Corn is stropv
at from so to 54. Rye So to so. Oats are higl,
err, in sympathy with Corn, at 80 to 49, Eggs %
to 26. Butter il to %. Pork S. so to 6 90
Potatoes and other produce are scarce and sales
a-e readily made az full figures
BALTIMORE, Dec 2-Cotton higher and quiet
middling 10lb Flour fairly active and firm
Howard street and Western super 50 37a2 10
do extra So 00A3 60; do family So 95a4 30
city mills super 81 37a2 60: do extra So 5Oa
3 90; do Rio brands 81 50a4 75 Patspsco super
Southern higher AMI firm; red STsS9 amber ssa
90; Western higher; No winter red spot S5o-a
S54 Dec 80 19aS53s; Jan S72,sSS Feb 59Sa
90A; Msy 94la. Corn-southern higher and
strong; white and yellow 55a56; Western higher
and firm mixed spot So bid: year 81 bid Jan
upward tendency Southern and Penna 32a36
Western white 35a36; do mixed 33a34. Rye
firm at 62a63. Hay easier and quiet; prime 70
choice Western $12a14 so. Provisions firm,
with moderate inquiry. Mess Pork S15 Bulk
meats-shoulders and clear rio sides packed Ia
9A.; hams 12a12&.. Lard-refned sl.. Butter
firm Western packed 1921; creamery 25a23
Eggs frmer at 23s25 lined 16a1S Co8cc
steady; Rio cargoes ordinary to fair 17laalS.
Sugar steady; A soft 6'a. Whiskey quiet at
81 Hal 16.
CHICAGO Dec ., IL a. NAT this hour tha
leading futures range as follows May Wheat
S59asS5a4 May Corn 541a: May Oats 339, Jan
Pork $14 90 Jan Lard 81 so; short ribs s. 10.
New YORK, Dec. Cotton quiet; uplands
109s; Orleans 10A futures steady. Flour quiet
and firm. Wheat higher. Corn higher. Pork
firm at SIS 25a15 rs; old mess Pork S14 so.
Lard firm at 81 72l5.
BALTIMORE SUGAR AND COFFEE MARKET, Dec
1.-Sugars-Tho market for raw is irm. with a
moderate offering of stock at Northern ports. We
quote Muscovado fair refining, SO test. at 5l.a
Bloc, and centrifugal. 96 test at 57sa5 10 16c.
For refined Sugars the demand is very regular
and tho market is steady and firm. with a fair
supply. The prices are unchanged. We quote
hards at 81 80 for cut loaf, 81 Is for cubes. 81 %
for powdered, ST 90 for graduated. Softs-S7 %
for mould A, 81 90 for confectionery A, ard
So 63 for standard A
Coffee-The market for invoices is quiet and
prices are quoted lower op account of the decline
in speculation, portion of which was recovered.
The demand is confined TO small lots. and the sales
IN the week were un;mportant. The dstributive
trade is light and orders are limited t. tesltrs'
actual wants Rio invoices are GU ted nominally
at IL lnc for old, and 1Sc per ID for new crop
RICHMOND MARKET Dec 1.-There is little
doing. Flour is quiet and no charge in prices
Offerings of Wheat to-day reached $500 bushels,
with sales of longberry at 75a90c, and sholtberry
at 1884. New white Corn brought 56
LYNcHBURG MARKET Dec. 1.-The receipts Of
Tobacco have been light, but generally of bet.
ter quality, and price are fully sustained Flour
very quiet. Wheat 70aS4. Corn 50a56 Rye
50a55.
FREDERICKSBURG MARKEr. Dec. There is